The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 418
Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste
c.1866
Alternate titles: La Tante Marie; Mädchenbildnis in Grau, Weiss und lehmigem Braungelb; Mlle Marie Cézanne; Portrait de Mlle Marie Cézanne; Ritratto di Marie Cézanne, sorella dell'artista
Rewald (119): 1866–67; Venturi revised: c.1867; Venturi (89): 1867–69; Rivière: 1864
Oil on canvas
21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in. (53.5 x 37 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 445, Portrait de sa soeur; huile, 56 x 39 (10,000 [?])
Vollard archives: photo no. 535, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1875
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Mädchenbildnis in Grau, Weiss und lehmigem Braungelb.
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 39, ill., as Portrait de Mlle Marie Cézanne, c. 1865, lent by Vollard.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 4, ill., as La Tante Marie, 1864. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, La Femme dans l'art français, March–May 1953, no. 16, pl. 38.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Fifty Masterworks from the City Art Museum of St. Louis, November 6–December 13, 1958, no. 45, ill., p. 63.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 2.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 1. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 4, ill. lent by The Saint Louis Art Museum. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 24a, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 104, ill., as Ritratto di Marie Cézanne, sorella dell'artista, lent by Saint Louis Art Museum.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 1 (recto), ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 1.3 (recto), ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Published References
Lhote, André. "L'Enseignement de Cézanne." La Nouvelle Revue Française 8, no. 86 (November 1, 1920), p. 652.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 196, listed.
Dormoy, Marie. "Die Cézanne—Ausstellung im Théâtre Pigalle." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 6 (1930), p. 248, ill. p. 249.
P. B. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 23, as Mlle Marie Cézanne.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 89, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, p. 148, no. 3, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 13.
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 12, ill.
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, pl. 4.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 327.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 119, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 39, fig. 1.28, as Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 501, ill.
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 5.
Notes
Cézanne's younger sister Marie was born in July 1841 and would have been about 25 years of age in this portrait.
Record last updated June 26, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste, c.1866 (FWN 418)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=130 (accessed on December 13, 2024).
